Measuring and dispensing receptacle



March 8, 1932. H. E. WHITNEY MEASURING AND DISPENSING RECEPTACLE Filed March 19, 1931 Patented 'Mar. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HORACE E. WHITNEY, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DOVER STAMIP- v INC: AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

PORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- MEASURING AND DISPENSING RECEIPTACLE Application filed March 19, 1931. Serial N0. 523,721.

tom with an outlet from which extends a nozzle, and which outlet is controlled by a valve operated from the top of the receptacle through a rod or link connection extending through the chamber of the receptacle. Receptacles of this type are commonly used for measuring and dispensing oil.

The object of the invention is to provide such type ofreceptacle with a cover which can he opened or closed.

The invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings in whichand 2 its handle. The body of the receptacle is provided with a bottom 3 having within it an opening 4 from which projects a nozzle 5. The opening in the bottom of the receptacle is controlled by a valve (not shown) contained within a cage or casing 6, andthe valve is controlled by a rod or linkage 7 extending upward through the chamber of the receptacle and connecting with a lever'8 mounted upon the handle and by the operation of which through the connecting rod or linkage the valve is controlled.

To the end that a receptacle of the abovedescribed general type may be fitted with a cover which may be opened and closed in accordance with the object of the invention, the body of the receptacle is provided at its top with a rim 10 preferably offset to provide an inside shoulder 11 adjacent the bottom of the rim and also preferably provided with a curled top edge 12. The rim may be a separate part fixedly attached to the body of the receptacle, or may be made integral therewith. The rim forms the part to which the cover is applied.

13 is the cover having a peripheral turned edge 14 provided with a flange 15 which fits within the, rim 10 of the receptacle for securing the cover to the receptacle. The preferred arrangement of the parts is such that when the cover is in place the edge 14 of the cover will bear against the top ed e 12 of the rim, and the bottom edge of the ange 15 on the cover will bear against the inside shoulder 11 on the rim. When in place the cover is locked to the rim by means of a pin 16 on the rim which enters an offset slot 17 1n the flange of the cover on applying and turning the cover. I

The cover 13 has an opening 18 in it. This opening is preferably arranged in the fore part of the cover. The opening is closed by a movable lid 19 pivoted to the cover by a pivotal connection 20. The pivoting of the lid to the cover is at the point where the rod or linkage 7 passes through the cover, the rod extending through the pivotal connection. 7

in the nature of a hollow rivet 21 which exfecpds through and is clinched beneath the The preferred relative arrangement between the lid and cover is one in which the pivotal connection between the lid and cover will lie at the centre of the cover and the opening in the cover will extend from a straight edge 22 on the cover crossing it at a point just forward of the pivotal connection 20 and extending forward to a curved edge 23 on the cover lying just inwardly removed from its peripheral turned edge 14. This leaves an opening having an area only slightly less than one half the area of the entire cover and provides an ample opening into the chamber of the receptacle. The lid closing this opening is larger than the opening but of the same general form. The lid has a straight edge 24 and a rounding edge 25. When the lid is closed that portion of the lid. lying adjacent its edge 24 will underlap the fore edge portion of the cover adjacent its edge 22, and the edge 24 of the lid will lie back of the pivotal connection. The lid will then extend over the opening in the cover so that the rounding edge 25 of the lid will lie be neath the curved edge 23 of the-cover and be contained within an inside annular socket 26 formed within the turned edge 14 of the cover. The opening of the lid is accomplish.

ed simply by turning it on its pivotal connection. As the lid is turned its curved edge 25 will continue to lie within the socket 26 formed within the turned edge of the cover and whenthe lid is turned to a fully open position' it will lie beneath the cover and the a straight edge v24 of the lid will lie substantially flush with the straight edge 220i the cover.

27 is a post or handle for turning the lid. Thispost is located at a point removed from the pivotal connection between the lid and cover and at a point adjacent the edge 24 of the lid. Slots 28 and 29 are provided in the cover for receiving this post as the lid is turned.v The slots lie adjacent the edge 22 of the cover, the post turning into the slot 28 when the lid is fully open and into the slot 29 when the lid is fully closed, the bearing of the post against the edge of the cover at the bottoms of the respective sockets forming a stop or stops for defining the precise open and closed positions of the lid.

Having thus fully described my invention, I "claim; and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a receptacle of the type specified provided with mechanism including a rod passed through the top of the receptacle for operating an outlet-controlling valve at the bottom of the receptacle, a cover for the receptacle through whichtherod passes, said cover having an opening init, a movable lid controlling said opening,and means for mounting the lid on the cover whereby it will turn around said rod.

' 2. In a receptacle of the type specified provided withmechanism including a rod passed through the top of the receptacle for operating an outlet-controlling valve at the bottom ing an outlet-controlling valve at thebottom of the receptacle, a cover for the receptacl-e through which the rod passes, said cover having an opening in it,la movable lid control-- ling said opening, and a pivotal connection I between the cover and lid through which said. I 'rod extends in its passage through the cover,

4:. In a receptacle of the type specified provided with mechanism including a rod passed through the top of the receptacle for operating an outlet-controlling valveat the bottom of the receptacle, a cover for the receptacle through which the rod passes at the centre of the cover, said cover having'an opening in it offset from its centre, a movable lid controlling said opening, and IITLGZLIIS'ZEOI pivoting said lid at the centre of the cover whereby it may turn around said rod. j H l 5. In a receptacle of the type specified pro vided with mechanism including a rod passed through the top of the receptacle for operating an"outlet controlling valve atthe bottom of the receptacle, a cover for the receptacle through which the rod passes atthecentre of the cover, said cover having an opening in it bounded in part by an edge offset from said centre with said opening extending beyond said edge, a movable lid pivoted to said cover at the centre thereof for controlling said opening, said lid overlapping the centre of the cover and presenting anedge lyingsubstantially parallel with said edge on the cover when the lid is occupying its full open or closed position, and means for pivoting, the lid to the cover.

6. In a receptacle of the type specified provided with mechanism includinga rod passed through the top of the receptacle for operating an outlet-controlling valve atthe bottom of the receptacle,a cover for the receptacle through which said rod passes at the centre of the cover, said cover having a turned peripheral edge forming within it an annular socket, said cover having also an opening in it ofiset from'its centre, a movable lid on the inner side of the cover controlling said opening, said lid overlapping the centre of the cover-with extension to present an outer curved edge located within said annular socket in the cover, and means pivoting said 11d 'to the'cover at its centre whereby it may turn around said rod and the outer curved edge thereof turn within said annular socket.

7. In a receptacle of the type specified provided with mechanism including a rod passed through the top of the receptacle for operating an outlet-controlling valve at the bottom of the receptacle, a'cover for the receptacle through which the rod passes, said cover having an opening in it bounded in part by an edge ofiset from said rod, a movable lid on the inner sideof the cover'controlling said opening, means for pivoting said lid to the cover whereby it will turn relatively to said edge and around sa1d rod, and an upstanding engagement withsaidedg-e of the cover for p na- I HORACE HITN 'post on said lid adapted and arranged to have 

